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“People like that have something inside... something to do with death.”
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“People like that have something inside... something to do with death.”
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In the end the UK will be left with absolutely no choice but to reapply to rejoin key European markets. Just as Macmillan and Wilson reluctantly concluded. They didn't much want to do it either. Reality doesn't care.
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In the end the UK will be left with absolutely no choice but to reapply to rejoin key European markets. Just as Macmillan and Wilson reluctantly concluded. They didn't much want to do it either. Reality doesn't care.
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Interesting Read: Putin has 3 identical offices at his residences to hide where he is when he goes on TV. But a cascade of tiny details gives the whole thing away. Light switches, door handles, wood patterns & wall seams.
Truly epic OSINT and a fascinating article.
www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-tr...
Truly epic OSINT and a fascinating article.
www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-tr...
Where's Putin? How The Kremlin Hides His Location With Three Nearly Identical Offices
Russian President Vladimir Putin has three nearly identical offices in different parts of the country and the Kremlin has been dishonest about his location many times in recent years, Systema, RFE/RL’...
www.rferl.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Interesting Read: Putin has 3 identical offices at his residences to hide where he is when he goes on TV. But a cascade of tiny details gives the whole thing away. Light switches, door handles, wood patterns & wall seams.
Truly epic OSINT and a fascinating article.
www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-tr...
Truly epic OSINT and a fascinating article.
www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-tr...
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Putin has 3 nearly identical offices in three different residences where he hides to run Russia and the war, while he pretends to never leave Moscow.
https://www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-trickery-putin-offices-secrecy-investigation/33586451.html
#ukraine #russia #putin
https://www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-trickery-putin-offices-secrecy-investigation/33586451.html
#ukraine #russia #putin
Where's Putin? How The Kremlin Hides His Location With Three Nearly Identical Offices
Russian President Vladimir Putin has three nearly identical offices in different parts of the country and the Kremlin has been dishonest about his location many times in recent years, Systema, RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, has discovered.
www.rferl.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Putin has 3 nearly identical offices in three different residences where he hides to run Russia and the war, while he pretends to never leave Moscow.
https://www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-trickery-putin-offices-secrecy-investigation/33586451.html
#ukraine #russia #putin
https://www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-trickery-putin-offices-secrecy-investigation/33586451.html
#ukraine #russia #putin
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"The Kyiv dam must be destroyed, the city must be flooded, Kharkiv must be destroyed, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy - wiped off the face of the earth, like Dnipro& other cities."
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"The Kyiv dam must be destroyed, the city must be flooded, Kharkiv must be destroyed, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy - wiped off the face of the earth, like Dnipro& other cities."
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
Don’t worry MAGA, Trump is now just going to sue email for $1 billion! That dastardly email. One of the USA’s closest allies’
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Don’t worry MAGA, Trump is now just going to sue email for $1 billion! That dastardly email. One of the USA’s closest allies’
It is not often that one hears a ressentiment as joyfully delighted as that which I just heard closing an episode of a BBC Radio 4 programme that I will it be listening to any more episodes of. Astonishingly self-conceitedly vile.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It is not often that one hears a ressentiment as joyfully delighted as that which I just heard closing an episode of a BBC Radio 4 programme that I will it be listening to any more episodes of. Astonishingly self-conceitedly vile.
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Bloody hell. Kristallnacht comes to Kentish Town.
All peace and love walking around the neighbourhood today. Thanks Bob Vylan and your crank fans, and eye roll at O2 for letting this happen.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Bloody hell. Kristallnacht comes to Kentish Town.
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The fall season in Kherson. Leaves hang suspended on nets stretched across the roads to protect against Russian drones. The streets are nearly deserted. The sounds of counter-battery fire between the left and right banks echo constantly.
📹: fedko.d / Instagram
📹: fedko.d / Instagram
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The fall season in Kherson. Leaves hang suspended on nets stretched across the roads to protect against Russian drones. The streets are nearly deserted. The sounds of counter-battery fire between the left and right banks echo constantly.
📹: fedko.d / Instagram
📹: fedko.d / Instagram
Trump really does know nothing about everything. Really quite astonishingly ignorant.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Trump really does know nothing about everything. Really quite astonishingly ignorant.
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⚡️Romania moves to take control of Lukoil assets ahead of US sanctions deadline.
Romania aims to take control over the local subsidiary of Russia’s Lukoil in order to comply with upcoming U.S. sanctions, Romanian Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said on Nov. 11.
Romania aims to take control over the local subsidiary of Russia’s Lukoil in order to comply with upcoming U.S. sanctions, Romanian Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said on Nov. 11.
Romania moves to take control of Lukoil assets ahead of US sanctions deadline
Romania must take control over the local subsidiary of Russia’s Lukoil to protect its national energy system and enforce international sanctions, Romanian Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said on Nov. 12.
kyivindependent.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
⚡️Romania moves to take control of Lukoil assets ahead of US sanctions deadline.
Romania aims to take control over the local subsidiary of Russia’s Lukoil in order to comply with upcoming U.S. sanctions, Romanian Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said on Nov. 11.
Romania aims to take control over the local subsidiary of Russia’s Lukoil in order to comply with upcoming U.S. sanctions, Romanian Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said on Nov. 11.
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Man from nation whose comparable-sized global city has three airports, none of which they have managed to build a direct rail link from the city centre to yet, comes to Heathrow and announces that the British can’t make anything work.
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Man from nation whose comparable-sized global city has three airports, none of which they have managed to build a direct rail link from the city centre to yet, comes to Heathrow and announces that the British can’t make anything work.
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OTD in 2022, 1000s of Russian speaking Ukrainians, who had been bombed for 10 years by Kiev, reacted with pure terror as Ukraine's "failed Kherson counter offensive" liberated the city.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
OTD in 2022, 1000s of Russian speaking Ukrainians, who had been bombed for 10 years by Kiev, reacted with pure terror as Ukraine's "failed Kherson counter offensive" liberated the city.
I remain a master strategist.
I remain a master strategist.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
www.openculture.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
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our BBC analysis:
“Insiders admit the BBC has often been at fault. But the scandals have been amplified by a hostile cohort of rightwing politicians and media allies”
www.ft.com/content/28b4...
“Insiders admit the BBC has often been at fault. But the scandals have been amplified by a hostile cohort of rightwing politicians and media allies”
www.ft.com/content/28b4...
BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives
Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
our BBC analysis:
“Insiders admit the BBC has often been at fault. But the scandals have been amplified by a hostile cohort of rightwing politicians and media allies”
www.ft.com/content/28b4...
“Insiders admit the BBC has often been at fault. But the scandals have been amplified by a hostile cohort of rightwing politicians and media allies”
www.ft.com/content/28b4...
Everyone knows that Trump’s language before and during the 6th January 2021 did incite a rabble to attack the US Capitol building. Everyone knows that members of his then administration were involved. Why is he pretending otherwise?
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Everyone knows that Trump’s language before and during the 6th January 2021 did incite a rabble to attack the US Capitol building. Everyone knows that members of his then administration were involved. Why is he pretending otherwise?
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Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks on.ft.com/484ttC6
Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks
Bank’s customer insights team compared financial resilience of lowest-paid staff to customers as part of salary negotiations
on.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lloyds used data from 30,000 staff accounts in union pay talks on.ft.com/484ttC6
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Fraser 'Brexit means UK no longer has a populism problem' Nelson
The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread".
How wrong it all was.
How wrong it all was.
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Fraser 'Brexit means UK no longer has a populism problem' Nelson
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The only surprise is that it’s taken him this long.
President Trump has issued pardons for Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, Christina Bobb, Boris Epshteyn, and dozens of GOP electors and others tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to pardon attorney Ed Martin.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The only surprise is that it’s taken him this long.
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The argument that annoys me the most is that minimum wage is getting ever closer to median wage, and that's an issue with the minimum wage. No it's fucking not, it's an issue with the median wage. Over a decade of stagnat wages is the issue, not those living next to poverty.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The argument that annoys me the most is that minimum wage is getting ever closer to median wage, and that's an issue with the minimum wage. No it's fucking not, it's an issue with the median wage. Over a decade of stagnat wages is the issue, not those living next to poverty.
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Dozens of M.C. Escher Prints Have Been Digitized & Put Online by the Boston Public Library
Dozens of M.C. Escher Prints Have Been Digitized & Put Online by the Boston Public Library
In addition to the iconic scene in Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, or appearances in animated TV shows and video games, M.C.
www.openculture.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Dozens of M.C. Escher Prints Have Been Digitized & Put Online by the Boston Public Library
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⚡️‘Destroying our memory’ YouTube wipes Ukrainian memorial channel, erasing stories of the fallen
‘Destroying our memory’ YouTube wipes Ukrainian memorial channel, erasing stories of the fallen
The nature of the mass reports' accusations, unrelated as they are to the channel's actual content, is a clear sign of a coordinated Russian operation, according to the project's deputy editor.
kyivindependent.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
⚡️‘Destroying our memory’ YouTube wipes Ukrainian memorial channel, erasing stories of the fallen
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One thing not being said - indeed, I think everyone misses this - but the requirement for the BBC to show impartiality and balance relates to the politics of *this* country, there’s no requirement to show some mythical balance globally, only to report the truth without fear or favour.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 AM
One thing not being said - indeed, I think everyone misses this - but the requirement for the BBC to show impartiality and balance relates to the politics of *this* country, there’s no requirement to show some mythical balance globally, only to report the truth without fear or favour.
Well this is mostly twaddle. Except on education where is is so very wrong that it should be retracted. Young people in the UK are being pushed over the edge by school system that is pulverising them. Being slightly better at mathematics is not helpful if one is too stressed to do anything.
The disturbing victory of Old Labour over New Labour on.ft.com/4nIiraf | opinion
The disturbing victory of Old Labour over New Labour
In education, labour and housing we risk going back towards what we know will not work
on.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Well this is mostly twaddle. Except on education where is is so very wrong that it should be retracted. Young people in the UK are being pushed over the edge by school system that is pulverising them. Being slightly better at mathematics is not helpful if one is too stressed to do anything.
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The same thing is happening in Argentina.
I made the English translation for you.
“Do something to get me out of here”: he went to Russia to study and ended up in the war.
Gianni Dante Bettiga, a 23-year-old from Tierra del Fuego, traveled to Russia in February to study the language
I made the English translation for you.
“Do something to get me out of here”: he went to Russia to study and ended up in the war.
Gianni Dante Bettiga, a 23-year-old from Tierra del Fuego, traveled to Russia in February to study the language
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The same thing is happening in Argentina.
I made the English translation for you.
“Do something to get me out of here”: he went to Russia to study and ended up in the war.
Gianni Dante Bettiga, a 23-year-old from Tierra del Fuego, traveled to Russia in February to study the language
I made the English translation for you.
“Do something to get me out of here”: he went to Russia to study and ended up in the war.
Gianni Dante Bettiga, a 23-year-old from Tierra del Fuego, traveled to Russia in February to study the language